Martin Odegaard is more important to Arsenal than Mikel Arteta, who is stuck in his ways and was taught a lesson by Simone Inzaghi in defeat to Inter. Whether for Arsenal or England, “Bukayo Saka has to play on the right.

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard may yet join up with Norway for their games against Slovenia and Kazakhstan next week - despite being left out of the initial squad. Odegaard has been out injured since the start of September after injuring his ankle playing for Norway.

Declan Rice will play no part in Arsenal’s Champions League match against Inter Milan on Wednesday after being left out of the club’s 23-man travelling party. The 25-year-old midfielder played the full 90 minutes in Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United on Saturday but will not fly to Italy with the rest of the first-team squad after missing training on Tuesday afternoon with an unspecified issue.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been speaking to the media before Wednesday's Champions League game against Inter (kick-off 20:00 GMT). Here are the key lines from his news conference: Arteta confirmed that they will assess Martin Odegaard to see if he can play a part tomorrow,

Martin Odegaard is set to hand Arsenal a major boost by making his comeback against Inter Milan. Odegaard – who has been out of action since September with an ankle injury – trained alongside his team-mates at Arsenal’s London Colney base on Tuesday morning.

Martin Odegaard is in contention to make his eagerly anticipated Arsenal comeback against Inter in the Champions League on Wednesday night. The Gunners played 12 games in all competitions without their skipper since he damaged ankle ligaments playing for Norway during September’s international break.

Norway head coach Stale Solbakken says Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard is on track to return for the November international break. Odegaard, 25, has been out of action since sustaining an ankle ligament injury during international duty on September 9.